Ontology Class 2009

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Introduction to Ontology

The National Center for Ontological Research, National Center for Biomedical Ontology and the University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy are sponsoring a two-day ontology training event, led by Barry Smith, to be held in Buffalo, NY on October 10-11, 2000. No prior knowledge of ontology is presupposed. All sessions will be highly interactive and designed to be of interest to both philosophers and those with a background in computer and information science and in application domains such as data integration and


This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to ontology. It will provide an introductory survey of principles and methods, an overview of current developments and best practices in ontology.

Draft Program

Saturday, October 10

  • 9.00am Continental Breakfast
  • 9.30am Ontology as a Branch of Philosophy
  • 11am Coffe
  • 11.15am Formal Ontology and Formal Logic
  • 12.45am Lunch
  • 1.30pm Substances, Attributes and Universals
  • 3.00pm Coffee
  • 3.15pm Why I Am No Longer a Philosopher

Sunday, October 11

  • 9.00am Continental Breakfast
  • 9.30am Ontology as a Branch of Computer Science
  • 10.30am Coffee
  • 11.00am Ontology and the Semantic Web


1.30pm-5.30pm

7. Towards an International Standard Upper Level Ontology
8. The Universal Core: Ontology and Data Integration

The venue will be Center for Inquiry on Sweet Home Road. A small registration fee will be charged to non-UB participants to cover cost of breakfasts, coffee and lunches.

- Further details will be posted here.

Reading

- For prelimary reading consult [1]. + General Introduction to Ontology [2]

- To register interest in participating please send an email to ontology@buffalo.edu. + Video: How to Build an Ontology (with a Case Study on Clinical Trial Ontology) [3]

- For University at Buffal students

More Videos and Audios:

[4]

- This course will serve as an upper-level undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the University at Buffalo (PHI 531). UB students can register by writing to phismith@buffalo.edu.